No. But I'm not citing a research paper. I'm stating a fact https://econjwatch.org/articles/yet-another-refutation-of-the-more-guns-less-crime-hypothesis-with-some-help-from-moody-and-marvell http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/john-lott-guns-crime-data/ http://www.juliansanchez.com/2003/02/13/red-herrings/ https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/10/03/discredited-gun-researcher-john-lott-s-misleading-las-vegas-massacre-claims-are-falling-apart/218120 https://www.google.com/amp/s/thinkprogress.org/debunking-john-lott-5456e83cf326/amp/ I can support all sorts of positions with disreputable sources. You need to be skeptical of claims from any side whether they agree with you or not and the easiest way to do that is to question where the information is coming from